Minggu, 08 November 2009

HASAN TIRO-RETURN OF THE ACEH LEADERS

Mr Di Tiro told Indonesian television earlier this week that he supported the peaceagreement and just wanted to see his homeland again. -- AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
News about Hasan Tiro return to Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam = NAD) leader highest ASNLF (Atjeh Sumatra National Liberation Font), which has lived in Sweden has a page of various newspapers overseas. Here I show some papers and news related to the return of the desired by the people of Aceh to become a leader in Aceh.

Return of an Aceh rebel leader
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) - TENS of thousands of people packed the capital of Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province on Saturday for the emotional homecoming of the founding father of its separatist rebel movement.
Police said up to 100,000 people were set to pack the historic Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, still bearing the scars of the 2004 tsunami, to greet Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder Hasan di Tiro, returning after almost 30 years in exile. ........Continue reading in Straits Times

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Oct 11, 2008 (AFP) - The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement made an emotional homecoming today after nearly 30 years in exile and a war that killed thousands of people........Continue reading The Sunday Times
Thousands welcome exiled rebel in Indonesia's Aceh ...Reuters,Published: October 11, 2008
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Hasan di Tiro, founder of the former rebel group GAM in Indonesia's Aceh, returned to the once restive province on Saturday after 30 years in exile, calling for everyone to help keep the peace.
His return to the island of Sumatra came a day after Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in global peaemaking including in Aceh...........Continue reading in International HERALD TRIBUNE
Aceh rebel leader returns from exile to Indonesia for visit www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-11 16:24:41
JAKARTA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tengku Muhammad Hassan di Tiro, top leader of the former separatist organization Free Aceh Movement (GAM), arrived in Aceh Saturday from his exile, police said.

He was greeted by enthusiastic people in Aceh as he and entourages passed the street, said Tengku Adnan Brangsa, an aide of Tiro and the spokesman of the local party the Partai Aceh. ........Continue reading in Xinhua

Hasan di Tiro, the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for Aceh’s independence, was greeted by thousands of people on Saturday when he arrived back in the once-restive Indonesian province after almost 30 years in exile in Sweden........Continue reading in Japan Today

The founder of the separatist rebel movement in the Indonesian province of Aceh, Hasan di Tiro, has flown home after 30 years in exile.

Thousands of former rebels have flocked to Banda Aceh to welcome him home.........Continue reading in BBC News

Indonesia's exiled Aceh rebel leader returns home

The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement has returned to Indonesia after nearly 30 years in exile in Sweden.

Tens of thousands of people are gathering in the Grand Mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, to meet Hasan di Tiro founder of the Free Aceh Movement or GAM. ...........Continue reading in australia NETWORK

Exiled rebel leader returns to Indonesia's Aceh

Tajikistan News.Net

Saturday 11th October, 2008 (IANS)

Greeted by thousands of cheering supporters, the 83-year-old founder of Aceh's rebel movement returned to the tsunami-wracked Indonesian province of Aceh Saturday for the first time in almost 30 years.

Hassan di Tiro fled to Sweden in late 1970s after declaring Aceh independent in 1976, a move triggered that a long-running conflict in the northwestern Indonesian province.........Continue reading in Tajikistan News

Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:48:43 AM Oman Time

BANDA ACEH: The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement made an emotional homecoming Saturday after nearly 30 years in exile and a war that killed thousands of people.

Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder Hassan di Tiro was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters and former guerrillas as he flew into the capital of the war-torn and tsunami-scarred Indonesian province........Continue reading in Time of Oman

Exiled Aceh rebel leader returns to Indonesia Sat Oct 11, 12:57 AM ET

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement returned to Indonesia Saturday after nearly 30 years in exile and after a war that killed thousands of people.......Continue reading in Yahoo ! News

Exiled Aceh rebel leader returns to Indonesia Sat, Oct 11, 2008 AFP

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Oct 11, 2008 (AFP) - The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement made an emotional homecoming Saturday after nearly 30 years in exile and a war that killed thousands of people.

Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder Hassan di Tiro was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters and former guerrillas as he flew into the capital of the war-torn and tsunami-scarred Indonesian province..........Continue reading in Asian One News